Ranking of economies from 1 to 183, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index averages the country’s percentile rankings on 10 topics covered in the World Bank’s Doing Business. The ranking on each topic is the simple average of the percentile rankings on its component indicators.
Topics averaged include: Starting a Business, Dealing with Construction Permits, Getting Electricity, Registering Property, Getting Credit, Protecting Investors, Paying Taxes, Trading Across Borders, Enforcing Contracts, Resolving Insolvency.
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Economy | Ease of Doing Business Rank | Economy | Ease of Doing Business Rank |
Singapore | 1 | Belize | 93 |
Hong Kong SAR, China | 2 | Morocco | 94 |
New Zealand | 3 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 95 |
United States | 4 | Jordan | 96 |
Denmark | 5 | Guatemala | 97 |
Norway | 6 | Vietnam | 98 |
United Kingdom | 7 | Yemen, Rep. | 99 |
Korea, Rep. | 8 | Greece | 100 |
Iceland | 9 | Papua New Guinea | 101 |
Ireland | 10 | Paraguay | 102 |
Finland | 11 | Seychelles | 103 |
Saudi Arabia | 12 | Lebanon | 104 |
Canada | 13 | Pakistan | 105 |
Sweden | 14 | Marshall Islands | 106 |
Australia | 15 | Nepal | 107 |
Georgia | 16 | Dominican Republic | 108 |
Thailand | 17 | Kenya | 109 |
Malaysia | 18 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 110 |
Germany | 19 | Ethiopia | 111 |
Japan | 20 | El Salvador | 112 |
Latvia | 21 | Argentina | 113 |
Macedonia, FYR | 22 | Guyana | 114 |
Mauritius | 23 | Kiribati | 115 |
Estonia | 24 | Palau | 116 |
Taiwan, China | 25 | Kosovo | 117 |
Switzerland | 26 | Nicaragua | 118 |
Lithuania | 27 | Cape Verde | 119 |
Belgium | 28 | Russian Federation | 120 |
France | 29 | Costa Rica | 121 |
Portugal | 30 | Bangladesh | 122 |
Netherlands | 31 | Uganda | 123 |
Austria | 32 | Swaziland | 124 |
United Arab Emirates | 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 125 |
Israel | 34 | Brazil | 126 |
South Africa | 35 | Tanzania | 127 |
Qatar | 36 | Honduras | 128 |
Slovenia | 37 | Indonesia | 129 |
Bahrain | 38 | Ecuador | 130 |
Chile | 39 | West Bank and Gaza | 131 |
Cyprus | 40 | India | 132 |
Peru | 41 | Nigeria | 133 |
Colombia | 42 | Syrian Arab Republic | 134 |
Puerto Rico (U.S.) | 43 | Sudan | 135 |
Spain | 44 | Philippines | 136 |
Rwanda | 45 | Madagascar | 137 |
Tunisia | 46 | Cambodia | 138 |
Kazakhstan | 47 | Mozambique | 139 |
Slovak Republic | 48 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 140 |
Oman | 49 | Sierra Leone | 141 |
Luxembourg | 50 | Bhutan | 142 |
Hungary | 51 | Lesotho | 143 |
St. Lucia | 52 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 144 |
Mexico | 53 | Malawi | 145 |
Botswana | 54 | Mali | 146 |
Armenia | 55 | Tajikistan | 147 |
Montenegro | 56 | Algeria | 148 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 57 | Gambia, The | 149 |
Tonga | 58 | Burkina Faso | 150 |
Bulgaria | 59 | Liberia | 151 |
Samoa | 60 | Ukraine | 152 |
Panama | 61 | Bolivia | 153 |
Poland | 62 | Senegal | 154 |
Ghana | 63 | Equatorial Guinea | 155 |
Czech Republic | 64 | Gabon | 156 |
Dominica | 65 | Comoros | 157 |
Azerbaijan | 66 | Suriname | 158 |
Kuwait | 67 | Mauritania | 159 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 68 | Afghanistan | 160 |
Belarus | 69 | Cameroon | 161 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 70 | Togo | 162 |
Turkey | 71 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 163 |
Romania | 72 | Iraq | 164 |
Grenada | 73 | Lao PDR | 165 |
Solomon Islands | 74 | Uzbekistan | 166 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 75 | Côte d’Ivoire | 167 |
Vanuatu | 76 | Timor-Leste | 168 |
Fiji | 77 | Burundi | 169 |
Namibia | 78 | Djibouti | 170 |
Maldives | 79 | Zimbabwe | 171 |
Croatia | 80 | Angola | 172 |
Moldova | 81 | Niger | 173 |
Albania | 82 | Haiti | 174 |
Brunei Darussalam | 83 | Benin | 175 |
Zambia | 84 | Guinea-Bissau | 176 |
Bahamas, The | 85 | Venezuela, RB | 177 |
Mongolia | 86 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 178 |
Italy | 87 | Guinea | 179 |
Jamaica | 88 | Eritrea | 180 |
Sri Lanka | 89 | Congo, Rep. | 181 |
Uruguay | 90 | Central African Republic | 182 |
China | 91 | Chad | 183 |
Serbia | 92 |